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' r *jr mm VOLUME XLIII, NO. 12 COVE CREEKFA1R ATTENDED BY BIG CROWDS FRI.-SAT. a i r,L:u:?. i 1 ! ng' ** Sc ??? * < r:cd- Home Economics Department of School Filled to Overflowing With Ladies* Exhibits. Livestock Show on Closing Day. Full List of Prize Winners. Friday and Saturday were red letter (lays for the Cove Creek community. The fair, sponsored by Howard Walker, teacher of vocational agriculture in the Cove Creek High School, and his class of fifty boys, and Miss Annie Dougherty with her class in home economics, was a splendid success. The exhibits were of high quality and the entries were up to the expectations of the fair committee for the first year. The ladies' department, in charge of Miss Annie Dugherty, teacher of hom^ economics, was worthy of especial note. The home economics rooms presented an interesting appearance. One room was given over to needlework. culinary, canning and preserving. Another took care of the art exhibits and weaving. A third room was used to display the premiums. The basement of the high school building was used for the farm crop, garden, orchard and flower exhibits. All these exhibits were attractively arranged and presented a good appearance. The flower display attract iou a great ueai 01 ravorauie comment. T!ie livestock exhibit was entered on Saturday morning. Horses, cattle, sheep and poultry were all reprc! sented. For the first yeor we believe that, the entries in this department deserve special praise. Watauga County is an ideal place for the livestock industry and a fair where friendly competition can be entered into will surely bring about marked improvement in livestock. Ml". J. W. Wilkins, county agent, of Catawba was present and assisted in the judging. Mr. Wilkins praised very highly the type of stock entered at the fair. For amusement on Friday night, t members of the home economics ami agricultural classes presented a comedy, "Meivina's Courtship," which was thoroughly enjoyed hy a large audience. Saturday night, Prince Wilhurn, noted two-piano artist, delighted his hearers with a concert of varied interests. He was equally at home with classical selections as. with negro spirituals and jazz. Saturday morning the American Legion Band furnished music and severa! amusing contests were held under the direction of Mr. W. Y. Perry. Bali games were played each afternoon. Saturday afternoon Dr. B. B. Dougherty and Superintendent Smith Hagamun spoke to a large crowd in the auditorium, stressing the importance of continued efforts in farming during the depression period. It is the hope of the fair committee that everyone will putl together (Please turn to Page 3) Rattlesnake Pete's Case Dismissed by the Court Pete Bradshaw, picturesque resident of the Globe community, who is popularly known as "Rattlesnake Pete" because of his success in eap1 iinmrr IVo rmnAWinnc mrrfline /in t nu HIC H.UU(UUUO IV.JJklltCI Uil "IV sunny slopes of the Blue Ridge, hobbled into court Monday afternoon to prove his good conduct since the spring term, as required when he was tried last year for appropriating some household wares at Blowing Rock without leave. Pete's case had been called in the morning, but 2C miles is a long ways to walk, 'specially when one has "rheumatiz," and the gray-haired I : snake catcher was late. But when he came ho was fortified with the necessary affidavits and witnesses which proved to the court that he had trodden the straight and narrow as demanded. Attorney W. R. Lovill placed Pete on the stand and asked hirn numerous questions, particularly concerning his hobby of corraling vipers. The witness declared he had /- alights sometihing like 2,000 rattlers in his time, had been bitten by a copperhead, but that he hadn't much brief for the latter, for the hide was no good on the market. The lawyer wanted to know iiow many kinds of rattlesnakes were to be found in this region, and the court was convulsed with laughter when the tired-eyed old man assured him that so far as he knew there were only two varieties, the male and the female. He said, however, that he had become so disabled from his muscular ailments that he was neglecting the reptiles this season and was doing a bit of farm work in order to get 8 along. He asked permission to address Judge Moore, and told Iris Honor that with his "rheumatiz" and all, it was a long, long road from the Globe to Boone, and he wanted to "beg off" from proving his conduct for the remaining; two terms of court which bad been required. The jurist smiled on the weatherbeaten old face, dismissed him from further obligation to the State, and Rattlesnake Pete offered gracious thanks and hobbled _ ?, r ~V'*T v 1 ' /ATA1 A Non-Partisan Ni BOONE i Seed Loan Agent to Come to Watauga W. H. Gragg, secretary of the j Seed Loan Committee for Wataul ga County, is in receipt of a ietI ter from G. L. Hoffman, Chief of Administration, Washington, setling forth the procedure to he followed in the collection of seed j loans. The text of the letter follows: "Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of September 12, 1931, requesting information relative to the procedure to be followed in the collection of seed loans in your vicinity. "In rsply you ate advised that our seed loan agent will he in your territory within a few days and payments may be made to him or sent direct to the Farmers' Seed Office at Washington, D. C. Remittances may be made by check, draft, or preferably by Postal Money Order .drawn in favor of ! h e Disbursing Clerk, United States Department of Acrri?-t?I | fcure. AIRTIGHT PLAN FOR PAYMENT OF DROUGHT MONEYS Prosecution May Follow If Farmers Fail to Square Up Their Debt to Uncle Sam. Forty Thousand Dollar* Due in Watauga. Washington Bulletin Sets Fort?S Plan for Collecting Huge Sum. The $40,000 which came to Watauga County, along with oil other moneys advancer! hy the Federal Government for the production of this year's crops in the drought areas, must be paid, or prosecution may follow, according to information recently coming from Washington. The full text of the bulletin, which sets forth the plans to be followed in forcing collections, will he of especial interest to Wataugans, and follows: "With only $400,000 of the $47,000,000 ient to favmors in the storm and drought areas to produce new crops in 1031 voluntarily repaid, the Federal seed loan office hns decided or. an airtight policy to insure collection of principal and interest. "Elevator men in the Northwest, cotton dealers in the South, and merchants and processors generally have been notified of the government's prior lien on 'drought loan' crops. They also have been supplied with lists of farmer-borrowers and their amounts of indebtedness. "These agencies have been instructed to deduct and hold for the government the first fproceeds of mortgaged crops to the extent of indebtedness thereon, or suffer the penalty of repaying the loans and interest due out of their own funds. "To the farmer it means no pay for his product until his debt to the government has been liquidated. The seed loan office says prosecution may follow where willful disregard of these instructions is proved. Drought loans in previous years have been subject to such collection, it being requisite to application for assistance that the farmer list his customary trade sources. In addition to notification of dealers that loans must have been repaid or liquidated at the time of sale of mortgaged produce to them, ap? proximately J 00 collectors have been added by civil service examination to the seed loan office. They will be sent into all drought loan areas as mortgages fall due. "For the most part loans m the Northwest are due in September, in the South in October and elsewhere in November. The small amount of voluntary repayments to date is cred-1 ited to the unusually late movement of crops to market, "There were approximately 386,000 drought loans made or. the current crops. They average slightly less than $140, although some ran several times that amount, while others were considerably smaller." DIFFERENT VERSION GIVEN OF RECENT AUTOMOBILE WRECK An article carried in The Democrat last Week relative to an automobile j accident which occurred some time uitrvivut* uu t?.-3L masii aucctt uwic certain errors, according to Mr. C. C. Triplett, of Elk, whose son was driving one of the cars. Mr. Triplett called at the office Monday and asked that a correction be made, stating that contrary to the news article, no passengers occupied the car with the exception of his son, and that R. L. Teague, driver of the other vehicle, did not hit a power pole to keep from striking the Triplett car, but ran into the poie after smashing a fender and bending a front axle on his car. He further states that Mr. Teague was; coming from the cast rather than the west, and that his son was within his rights when the accident occurred. The correction is gladly made. away On the long road do\"n the mountain, where there are rattlesnakes aplenty and peace and quiet. ewspaper, Devoted to the WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAI [marionTmman dies from effect, of recentstroke i Prominent Resident of the Sugar j' Grov? Community Panes Away on I ? ?* TA%...?J-.. t-X_J r> ? * ' 4-..u< gUU;. licia utcn i romi* nent in Church and Fraternal Cir- ? cle* for Yean. Funeral Conducted at Harman Graveyard Friday. Marion Harman, prominent citi- s zen of Sugar Grove R. F. D.f passed L away at his home there last Thurs- j i Jay morning, after having suffered 1 a stroke of paralysis 011 the previous 1 Saturday. He was sixty-nine years ^ old. Funeral services were conducted \ at the gravesdie in the Harman bury- 1 ing ground Friday afternoon by Revs. } Wellington Swift, Trivett and Mac- j Kanghn. Mr. Harman was married to Miss \ Victoria Teague on March 21, 1880- t To them five children were born, 1 four of whom survive: Mrs. G. C. At- ; kins, of Pontine, Mich; Mrs. J. G. t Harbin, Shuils Mills; Mr,. Ed Stokes t and Howard Harman, both residents 1 of (he Cove Creek section. Mrs. Har- 1 man died several years ago. ' Mr. Harman was .) native citizeii r of Watauga County and had spent \ his entire lite in the section in which r he died, lie- was a member of the n AnUoeh .Baptist Church since early t manhood, and had been a prominent member of Snow Hodge, A. F. &. \ A. M. for many years. He was a s and worthy citizen, and contributed ) a full share to the betterment <?1 the c community in which he lived. I J. R. ISAACS FACES ! CHARGE OF RAPE Prominent Resident of Mabic Indict* 1 ed by Young Neighbor Girl. Triad '' Continued by Juntice Hfihn Until Saturday, Oct. 3. j. Roby Isaacs, prominent citisen of the* Mabej community, war ar- > raigned before Justice E. N. Hahn j Saturday afternoon, to answer* } charges of rape contained in a wai'ti *, rant which was issued at the in^ r stance of Miss Vergie Greeife,. young \ neighbor girl. When the case was called, W. P.. c Lovill, who is employed as counsel \ by the defendant, branded the indictment as malicious, and pointed ( out to the court that in the opinion t of himself an?d many others the girl j was heine: used as a shield for those i who had malice toward the defend- i unt, and who prompted her to se- ? cure the warrant ill order to damage t the churacter of Mr. Isaacs, who has borne the reputation of a Rood ana c upright citizen. The attorney further j pointed out that no prosecuting wit- i ness came into court, the girl was ; sent in alone, and that Mr. Isaacs ; had perhaps a score of good citizens ] to attest to his character and rep;: - ; tation. He therefore pi ended that ] those who he alleged conspired with i the girl in making a malicious charge, | be compelled to come into court nnu ; back up their accusations. Justice Hahn placed no witnesses , on the stand, hut set Saturday, Oc-j, tobcr 3, as the date of; tbe heaving, , at which time it; is expected that the , case will be disposed of. Meantime, it is stated that Miss Greene has made an affidavit retracting the charges of the warrant and exoner ating Mr. Isaacs, and that her statement to this effect will likely be forthcoming when the case is again called. TWO-FOR-ONE SALE LAST THREE DAYS OF THIS WEEK) Thursday, Friday and Saturday j have been set aside by the Hodges Drug Company for their first fcigj two-for-onc sale of the well-known), Nyal Brand of household remedies and toiietries and an advertisement, on page 5 of the Democrat gives the detailed information as to the unusual offerings. An article is purchased at the regular price and another given without cost under the new plan, and the event will doubt| less win widespread approval. The ' u?ugv'i>vii[. puiilio l/uu IfliMV Oil CA-] cellent opportunity is presented thej people of this section to thoroughly restock their medicine chests and provide adequate future supplies of toiletries at just one-half the Tegular price. EXHIBITS HUGE RATTLER Mr. General Watson, of the StonyFork section, exhibited in town Wednesday an enormous rattlesnake which he killed Monday in a cornfield on the side of Osborne Mountain. The reptile was more than five feet long, unusually large in diameter and carried twelve rattles and a button. A son of Mr. Watson narrowly escaped injury when the snake struck him from the front, but his clothing provided protection from its fangs. 1 r\i?w l/Tv VII Best Interests of Northwesl 10L1NA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2 ^urveyorInowatI WORK ON LAUREL ' CREEK HIGHWAY j 3?rty Now Locating One of County'* t Most; Important Roads, Down the . River to Butler. Maintenance Men t Have Made Fair Road on Present j Grade. Not Known When Grading t Will Begin. e A party of surveyors from the , State Highway Department have be- , jun the work of surveying prepara- < orv to the grading of the new road j A'om Sugar Grove down the river to , ;he Tennessee line, and while there s no information as to the time which \ vill be required to iocate the State \ horoughfare, it is believed by local t road officials that the location will ? lave been made and work of grad- ^ ng started perhaps late next strainer. The Laurel Creek highway will pro- M ide one of the principle arteries of * ransportatiori through the mountain egipn, shortening the route to F.liztbethton, Bristol. Johnson City and dhcr important Tennessee centers, md eliminating the crossing of any fountain ranges Meantime the mainenance crew, headed by Foreman R fiari?s ij. juey-'is, are doing excellent ? .oik on the old grade, and have made t into a good county road. The had will he maintained and kept in thoroughly passable condition until ho novr road shall have beer? graded. V bridge crew is now engaged in naking repairs to the steel bridge .cross the river; a new floor will an >e laid, and tbe structure rendered jn intirely safe for the traveling pub- ^ ie. HRSTC. POTTS I PASSES TUESDAY 1 fi. ln*J Cotr.cs Afltr .Loxtf Itlncit With Cancer. Funerul Held Wednes- ar' day from Boone Lutheran 'e: Church on East Main St. nd Mrs. Caroline Morets Potts, 71 '? rears o!d, passed away Tuesday aftertoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. soward Mast, ir. Boone, after a loos Fa Slness with cancer. Funeral services rere conducted Wednesday afternoon 0<J it 2-o'eloclc from the Boone Lutheran ta "kntrh hv tint iMMttrir Rbv. 2lu A_ in. fount, who "was assisted in th?i rites " iy Dr. O. J. Chandler of the Methidiat Church, and interment followed ta n the town cemetery. Mrs. Potts was horn in Ashe 1 bounty, the daughter of Mrs. Havn- 3U lion Philips, hut had made ner home be n Watauga for the past forty years, *a vhcre she was well and most, favorady known. She was a faithful and 30 :onsecratcd member of the local Lu- ar heran Church. Wl Surviving are the following named ?r :hildren: Mr. Clyde Raw and Mrs. }'J 5. S. Goodman of Ashe County; Mrs. "uc franklin Moreti of Boone Route 2; !" Miss Laura Mchefi of Limestone, J'1 Tenn.: Miss Mabie Moretz of Lenoir; 'a lira. M. It. Castle of Canton, Penn.; 11' Mrs. Ross Pearson, Lenoir; Mrs. 31 Howard Mast, Boone. Two brothers fi md three sisters: Mr. Sidney Phil- ?r1 lips, Boone, Arthur Phillips, West _l'< IefS'erson; Mrs. Matthew Sheets, of 31 Laurel Springs; Mrs. Frank Good s31 man, West Jefferson, and Mrs. J. T. Jordan, Limestone, Tenn A number 1 ?f grandchildren anu great grandchildren also survive. Lavender Visits Here; t< Is Supporter of Gragg ii 7; r< fjon. J. Leo Lavender, prominent B Columbus, of. C., attorney and mein- ti ber of the State Republican Execu- ir tive Committee, was a recent visitor in to his wife, who is taking special tc work at the Teachers College. Mr. 1) Lovender is a staunch supporter of S Watt If. Gragg of Boone for the ap- a: pointment to the United States matshalship, and believes the Wataagan r( will win the Federal honor. He reports c< v ide sentiment in favor of the Boone ti man throughout his section of ioe tl State. cl it SOME ONIONS! V Mr. O. L. Smith, of Zionville, visited The Democrat office Monday, ' end brought the editor a display of vegetables which flatter the grower's ability as a gardener, and will even- . tually, of course, add strength to , ihe scribe's menu. One onion, of ? the Great Wonder variety, weighs . over two pounds, and four others " in the basket tip the scales at around a pound and a half each. Two car- n rot3, which would make an ample meal for a small family, and a beet weighing near ten pounds, were also J. included in the nice assortment. Thanks. si BANNER BUCKWHEAT YIELD g Mr. OUn G. Winebarger of the h Meat Camp section was in the city Saturday and tells of what is be- 1 lieved to be the banner- buckwheat yield of the season. Mr. Winebarger n sowed five bushels of grain and a threshed 207 1-2. About five acres f of land were utilized for the crop. o ? ????i ???? )CRA i North Carolina 4, 1931 Stone Being Tried on j I Second-Degree Charge J] A? The Democrat goe\ to pre?t Slint Slone, confessed slayer oKgggi flattie Bentley, is being tried it Superior Court on a charge ot econd-degree murder, be having-'. >leaded guilty to the charge iinf;^1 nediately after court convened at C !:30. The Slate promptly accept: "? td the pica, and the 100 wcmbeii >f the venire which had been ?unu noned from which to select a jMr| rere discharged. The c/sdenc S viil he taken and the argument 1$ >f attorneys will doubtless begi?y >efore adjournment this after- p loon. 11 W. R. Lovill and Linney, King- 3: nam St Linney are assisting bo- v icitor Spurting in the prosecution e ind TnrftUc & HoUhouxer are ^ :onducting the defense. ? i i'ATT GRAGG OUT FRONT IN RACE j SAY HIS BACKERS: f.i tone Man Mawing Strong Bid for Appointment as U. S. Marshal. Sponsors Hopeful of Success and ^ Arc Undisturbed by Claims of Oth- ^ er Candidates. Jenkins and Pre- ^ vette Strongest Opposition. ^ Watt H. Gragg, local business man j) d for many years a leading figure j p the Republican organization in h e Northwest as well as in the State j J' iargej is making notable headway 11 bis race for Ihc appointment as js lilcd States Marshal, according to ii use. most actively engaged in his n ha!f, uml his ftiends are now b ir.kly admitting that his chances r picking the political plum are ii the present time excellent. They it e not discouraged by news of sue- fi sses of other candidates in differ- s< t sections of the State, and while f< mitting that the race is a fight u the finish, believe Gragg is a b ely winner. a It is generally believed in these a rts that the incumbent, Marshal f nkins, is offering the most danger- s is opposition, and unbiased note is ii ken of the intensive campaign be- U g waged by ,1. T. Privetto, North a ilkesboro candidate. Therefore, no " ckless optimism pervades the Wa- u ngan's camp, and the contention o at the local candidate has a good n ar.ee comes from a widespread n rvey of the State committee mem- b >rs and other Republican leaders f r and near. c Mr. Gragg is making his campaign t lcly on the basis of past perform- c ices in the G. O. P. ranks, coupled th his ability to serve as a Foil- c al official ,and it is pointed out e r his backers that he has always t :en a strictly organization man, ap- r mis to no particular faction, anJ o at the edicts of the committee are c w and gospel with him. He knows 1 i personal political code, they say, v id believes that at this time when ,e Republican party is facing one ? E its most crucial periods, the no- 1 issity for strict organization ad- i yrcnce on the part of every paiti 1 in is essential. < fleeting of Teachers ' Was Well Attended 1 On Saturday, September 12 th, tno : ?achers of Watauga held their first teeting of the school term, and prac- 1 rally all schools of the county were ' ^presented in the audience. Dr. B. < . Dougherty spoke to the associaon on the new school law, review- ; ig the causes leading to the enact- ' lent of the law, and its application > present conditions. Principal Roy otsoh of Deep Gap Consolidated , chool discussed reports of teachers j required under the new law. County Superintendent Kag&man 5 iquested teachers in the several immunities to contribute school ocvities and other local happenings to i \e Watauga Democrat. It was dislosed that the county paper is beig read by almost every teacher in Tatauga. It is interesting to note some of le rapid educational growths which 1 ave been noted ir. this county by uperintendent Hagarnan: I About nine hundred school chilren are being transported by bus, or bout one-fourth of the average atmdance. Eleven school buses are beig operated, making twenty-one rips every morning and the same umber every afternoon. Seven hundred students are at- ; ir.ding standard high schools this ear, and one hundred and twencyive of the county's young men and omen are now in college. The State's average is one college tudent to every 186 people. Wataua's average is one college student > every 117. WORTH WHILE CLUB MEETING Mrs. A. L. Cook will entertain he lembers of the Worth While V b t her home in East Boone on next 'riday afternoon. A full attendance f the members is urged. I ^ I ? uiRu $*.50 PER YEAR MKT DISPOSES OF (1ANY CASES; STONE rRIAL BEGAN WED. ackcd! Courtrom Heart Judge Walter Moore Deliver Charge lo Grand Jurv. R?I11 ViolatAM nf rJif-rlfijiir Law*. Lone Murder Trial Expected to Draw Large Crowd?. Calendar of Canet Already Disposed Of. The fall term of Watauga Superior "purt opened Monday morning, with udge Walter E. Moore presiding, ?d Solicitor L. S. Spurting prosecutrix the docket which is made up of nore than seventy cases, most of hem minor offenses. A large audiuce which packed the courtroom icarc Judge Moore deliver his charge o the Grand Jury. Kis Honor seems to have a pet tversion for men who drive cars rlirle under the influence of liquor, nd looks on them as the worst mencos to public safety. He advised he jury to weight the evidence careully in cases of this kind, and if and hen true bills were returned against he malicious offenders, his court ould do its best to curtail their acLvities. Judge More declared that "it ikes very little whiskey to fire a inn's mind." Referring to the bad check laws, he jurist offered the opinion that ost-dated checks are supposed to be ood on the date that is set forth, nd that if funds are not available t that time, the drawer of the check ; guilty of fraud and subject to the unishment of the courts. "If the iws of the State regarding the draw \jl 1.11 were strictly aonereo 3." he declared, "there would never e reason for question when a check i presented for payment. The r.heeki}? system is a medium of busit3S exchange, and it. should never e abu$ctf. In civing advice to the jury relave to tpe inspection of public buildigs, Judge Moore stressed the need >r a county home that is in every ?nse a "home." Good, wholesome lod should be provided the county's nfortunates, clean rooms and good eds should he furnished them, and homelike atmosphere should he creted about these "children of iriisortunc," he stated. Then he gave plcndid illustrations of the uncertinties of life, the misfortunes that irk along the pathway and lead old w icn and women "over the hill." A county that takes eare of these tnfortunate3 in creditable manner rill always prosper. If you gentleicn of the jury find thai the inlatcs of the county home are not eing cared for properly, state the acts clearly in your report, and the ourt will sec to it that the correcions arc made," the judge said in on elusion. The. first part of the session was onsiimed by the good behavior dockt, and jury trials did not begin unit court ro-convened following the .ooit hour. Judge Moore has a rule f long standing that county officers annot appear as witnesses in. good ichavicr cases, and his ultimatum i?as adhered to strictly. The case of State against Clint stone for the murder of Mattie Bentey on a lonely mountain top nea.r he Ashe-Watauga line early in May, ?as been called for trial at 2:o0 >*clock Wednesday. A venire of 100 rfen have been summoned, and it is expected that the remainder Gf the :lay will be consumed in selecting 'he twelve men. Solicitor Spurling rill he assisted in the prosecution bySenator W. R. Lovill, while ti?e law firm of Trivctte and Holshouset will handle the defense. Due to the nr.ture !>f the crime, which is looked on as one of the most brutal ever committed in the county, large crowds of spectators are expected lo be present-when the testimony begins. ??35 Cases Disposed Of Some of the cases already disposed >1 follow": M. C. Bumgorner, driving drunk, nol pros with leave. Bessie Wilcox, larceny, not guilty. J. L. and .1. C. Church, affray, 10I pros with leave. I. D. Ponneil, liquor, not guilty. Dean Ashley, drunkenness, nol pros. Everett Freeman, assault with a leadly weapon, noi pros with leave. Don Wallace, drunkenness, nol pros with leave. Lewis Bryan, Howard Culler, ,T. IV. Uenson, gambling, costs. Butler Thomas and Don Thomas, liquor, not guilty. J. C. Brown, driving druqjfe,- 12 months on roads, $100 and costs; road sentence suspended on good behavior for three years. George Norris and Glen Coffey, drunkenness. $25 and costs. Walter Burogamer, transporting, $10 and costs. J. C. Brown, possession, $10 and costs. Worth Greene, driving without tag, $20 and costs. Hal Shore, drunkenness, $10 and costs. Robert Yates, liquor, $10 and the costs. Paul Shore, liquor, costs.
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